Hillsboro recorder. (Hillsboro, N.C.) 1887-18??, 1887-08-11
RAIN! WIND! FRI! !! HEAT !!
ALL COMBINED, MAKE THE LIFE
OF MORT1LS UNHAPPY.
The Reports which the Wires Flash Of tho
Phenomenal Weather All Over
the Country.

tut tuHutfy.
A heavy storm in the mountains has
caused a Zig rise in the upper Tennessee
River. Thousands of logs lying in the
river have escaped. The steamer Citico,
d mail boat plying between Kingston and
Loudon, was caught by raft at Saine's
Bluff, near Loudon, and dashed against
the bluff with such force as TO burst the
cylinder head and tear away tho smoke
stack and pilot house. Capt. William
Allison and officer Dearmond were
thrown into the river. Dearmond has
been badly scalded BY the escaping
steam.
The Armstrong Furniture company's
lumber yards and works at Evansville,
Ind, were discovered on fire and were
destroyed, together with several million
feet Of lumber and number Of cars.
The loss is over $500,0OO The water
supply became exhausted and the fire had
little opposition. Ten cars Of wheat,
flour and grain were totally destroyed
and several empty cars, and one section
of the Peoria, Decatur 81 Evansville
Railroad round house.
A severe wind, rain and hail storm
swept over Louisville, Ky. II rained in
torrents, and large hail-stones fell, COW
rring the streets. The storm on the
river did considerable damage and life
saving crews and harbor boats were kept
very busy.
l., A terrific rain storm swept across
Yallobusha county, Miss, ieveling both
cotton and corn to the ground. Young
cornSi Is almost totally destroyed.
The trestle at Mount Madison, on the
Airline railroad, ITO miles from Allan
Ia, Ga, was washed out and the passen-
ger trains were badly delayed.
A Pittsburg Dispatch says TINT a fire
occurred by which the glass manufacture
ing firms Of Mickey s. Co. and King, Son
& Co. sustained heavy losses. The local
loss is estimated at $150, 600, Of which
Mickey & Co. lose 800, 900 and King,
Son & Co. $4,000. The insurance was
about SIS, 5000.
During heavy thunderstorm one Of
at Point Breeze, near Philadelphia, fS,
was struck by lightning, and 500 barreis,
Of oil were destroyed.
The month Of July goes on record as
the hottest ever known in Philadelphia,
PA. The highest number of deaths from
the effects Of the heat in any one day
was thirty-three, on the 10th, and there
have been but few days when there was
none reported, the numbers ranging
from three to dozen.
The steamer Umbria, OF the Cunard
Line, reached her pier in New York in o
very dilapidated condition. Her for
ward decks were swept clean and her
bridges were washed away. While GO
ing at full speed, in heavy seas, two
huge waves, said to be about fifty feet
nigh, struck her and broke over the deck
ahead OF the foremast. The cabins and
steerage were flooded and panic oc-
CURED. The passengers put on life belts
and prepared for the worst. The vessel
trembled violently when the masses Of
/ water ieluged her decks.
Union City, 5. c., reports q singular
i circumstance OF cloudburst, described
as follows: "1he wind, when first noticed,
was from northwest 10 southeast and e1-
tended about mile wide across the
country; blew over the country about
| two miles, then turned exactly in the
opposite direction, southeast TO north.
west, blowing down considerable corn
in opposite directions and in the differ
ent localities through which II passed,
iujnring ii II some places seriously. The
same cloud came down suddenly while
the ground wasdry, the cotton withered,
and the sun was so hot that the cotton
was literally tcalded. from top TO bottom.
The Oldest inhabitants say they never
knew anything like il, and there are
whole acres that apparently look dead,
presenting the appearance Of frost having
fallen on Il. IL Is really d curiosity, and
is worth coming from Union 10 see.
What will be the outcome Of II Is uncer-
tain. The forms and stalks seem alive,
but the leaves are as crisp as when frost
falls On them. Our crop looked unusually
fine before this and IL would have been
best for Us not 10 have had the rain at
the time Il came"
At Haledon village, two miles north
from Patterson, N. j., John w. Camp.
bell. wealthy milkman. sat in his ele.
pant parior, surrounded by his family.
They were 80 much alarmed that they
closed the windows and pulled down the
curtains. Then came crash more fear.
full than ali the others combined. Mr..
Campbell, who weighs 210 pounds, waI
picked up and thrown bodily through
the French window In front, through
sash, curtain and all. lie landed twenty
feet on, out on the lawn. Mr.. Campbel
thinks the bolt came through the root
and down the chimney. and then wen
out Of the window along with him, 70
Il tore of corner Of the piazzaiu max
ing lis exit.